Common Cold Home Remedy Using Honey And Bitter gourd

Conditions Treated: Infectious Diseases

Specific Conditions Treated: Common Cold

Ingredients Used: Honey, Bitter gourd

Description: A common cold, also known as acute coryza, is an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract caused by infection with common cold viruses. A common cold occurs more often than any other disease - hence, its name. A person may suffer from a common cold several times in a year. A cold usually lasts from three to ten days. The patient feels miserable for the first three days or so.

The initial signs of a cold are a feeling of soreness of the throat and congestion of the nasal passages. Although the disease normally begins in the nose and throat, it affects all parts of the body. Its usual symptoms are a running nose, sneezing, a rise in temperature, headache, sore throat, chill, aches and pains in the body, and loss of appetite. The skin around the nostrils may become sore.

A common cold results from exposure to the virus. Its intensity, however, depends upon the state of health of the person and environmental factors. Low vitality, exposure to cold, lack of sleep, mental depression, fatigue, and factors such as sudden changes in temperature, dust, and other irritating inhalations are important contributory causes.

Directions For Use: A teaspoon of the root paste, mixed with an equal quantity of honey, given once every night for a month

Expected Results Within: 1 month